Association between physical activity, multimorbidity, self-rated health and functional limitation in the Spanish population

Table 2 Beta coefficients and p values from multinomial linear models, with MET-hours/week as the dependent variable, among males

	16-24 years		25-44 years		45-64 years		65-74 years		>74 years
R squared	0.085		0.031		0.052		0.046		0.115
Age	-0.199	0.886	-1.188*	0.000	-0.204	0.487	-0.913	0.065	-0.930*	0.000
Number of chronic diseases
0 (ref. cat.)
1	-9.662	0.200	3.987	0.335	-12.880*	0.002	-5.244	0.184	-1.689	0.598
2	-10.428	0.443	2.413	0.716	-4.730	0.369	-2.560	0.560	-6.088	0.070
≥3	-13.208	0.522	1.503	0.868	-10.078	0.074	-5.754	0.206	-9.194*	0.006
Self-rated general health
Very poor to normal (ref. cat.)
Good to very good	-2.340	0.861	0.820	0.887	5.466	0.217	11.680*	0.001	10.715*	0.000
Long-term activity limitations
Not limited (ref. cat.)
Limited	-5.926	0.665	4.729	0.434	-13.628*	0.003	-8.056*	0.023	-9.316*	0.000
Educational level
Lowest¹ (ref. cat.)
Low²	20.476	0.274	-3.545	0.720	-2.879	0.603	-0.181	0.957	-0.820	0.714
Average³	0.973	0.959	-11.237	0.259	-27.031*	0.000	3.952	0.399	0.476	0.908
High⁴	-6.451	0.770	-34.986*	0.001	-45.065*	0.000	-4.299	0.410	-2.493	0.558
Employment
Not working⁵ (ref. cat.)
Working	50.819*	0.000	34.516*	0.000	24.149*	0.000	6.498	0.372	-19.963	0.316

¹Lowest: “Cannot read or write” or “Did not complete primary school”. ²Low: “Primary school or equivalent” or “Compulsory secondary education”. ³Average: “Baccalaureate degree” to “Higher-level vocational studies”. ⁴High: “University degree” or “Doctoral degree”. ⁵Not working: “Unemployed”, “Student, apprentice, or intern”, “Retired”, “Unable to work”, “Dedicated to housework”, or “Other”.
*Statistical significance (p-value <0.05).

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